Public Policy and Higher Education: Strategies for Framing a Research Agenda

Hillman, Nicholas; Tandberg, David A.; Sponsler, Brian A.

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“…For instance, SLGBs often regulate activities such as tuition-setting policies and academic programs. These activities have already been formalized into policies, actions, and relationships between SLGBs and other policy actors, constituting a normative view of SLGBs (Hillman et al, 2015). The purpose of expanding how SLGBs are conceptualized is to illuminate discourses that might allow SLGBs to enact intermediary roles within the various stages of policymaking.…”

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“…As noted in our theoretical framework, both the multiple activity streams and the general system context attune us to the need to contextualize discourses that may influence agenda-setting. Thus, as a complementary data source and informed by the literature we reviewed, we compiled Race (Baker, 2019), Educational Attainment (Gándara et al, 2017), and Median Household Income (Hillman et al, 2015) measures from the 2016 American Community Survey Supplemental Estimates for each state (See Table 1). Also, we pulled from the National Conference of State Legislatures 2018 partisan composition report, which includes the governor's political party affiliation and the political party majority of the state legislative chambers to determine what party "controls" the state (Heck et al, 2012).…”

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“…Nevertheless, SLGBs are understudied relative to their potential influence over state and institutional political dynamics (Knott & Payne, 2004). In response, we analyzed how SLGBs engage with prevailing discourses within the agendasetting stage of postsecondary policymaking (Hillman et al, 2015). We examined strategic plans 2 to better understand how SLGBs situate themselves in activities beyond their regulatory duties.…”

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“…are the only ones who can modify organizations" (Kotler & Murphy, 1981, p. 470). However, this assertion of campus-level change undersells a latent role SLGBs play in shaping the policy agenda that can drive institutional change (Hillman et al, 2015). The utility of strategic plans in governance is disputed because critics have charged that these documents remain underutilized until the next update, having no impact on decisions or policy (Graham, 2018).…”

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Hiding in Plain Sight: The Potential of State-Level Governing Boards in Postsecondary Education Policy Agenda-Setting

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Commodore

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“…Recently, increased attention has been drawn to federal rulemaking for higher education in the United States. This refers to the process of creating regulations that implement and administer broader policies created through the Higher Education Act and its amendments (Hillman, Tandberg, & Sponsler, 2015). In recent years, policymakers, higher education institutions, and well-organized interest groups have spent a great deal of time, energy, and resources trying to influence the outcomes of higher education rulemaking (e.g., Mettler, 2014;Natow, 2017;Zemsky, 2013).…”

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Negotiated Rulemaking for U.S. Higher Education Regulatory Policy: A Process of Deliberative Democracy?

Natow

2019

Journal of Deliberative Democracy

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The rulemaking process through which higher education regulatory policy is created in the U.S. Department of Education has received critical attention in recent years. One concern is that this important policymaking process takes place in an agency of unelected officials, sometimes with the help of select interest groups. How, then, does this process maintain its democratic legitimacy? An important aspect of the process-known as negotiated rulemaking-may help to promote democratic legitimacy through open deliberations and broad stakeholder participation. Through the lens of deliberative democratic theory, this article draws on dozens of interviews and documentary data regarding a number of higher education regulations to analyze the ways in which negotiated rulemaking for U.S. higher education regulatory policy reflects (and does not reflect) aspects of deliberative democracy.

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(Re)envisioning considerations for disabled community college students

Nachman

Wilke

2021

New Drctns Community Coll

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While community colleges enroll high proportions of disabled students, limited research exists on considerations that college personnel should account for in meeting disabled students' varied needs and strengths. This article explores the impacts of policies and processes on disabled community college students and presents five policy-related issues and recommendations on how various community college agents with the power to inform and enact policy, including administrators/staff, researchers, and instructors, can best serve disabled community college students.Community colleges enroll the highest proportions of disabled students in postsecondary education. Throughout the article we use the language of disabled students rather than students with disabilities in recognition of the environmental forces that serve to disempower and disable individuals. This language is in line with social justice, activist, and identityfirst models of understanding disability. When referencing existing literature and research, we defer to the language used by the original authors as language preference regarding disability can differ based on location, population, and participants.During the 2011-12 academic year, 12.7% of first-time postsecondary students in 2-year colleges identified as having a disability, compared to 10.7% at 4-year institutions (Snyder, de Brey, & Dillow, 2019). Nationally, disabled students experience lower rates of postsecondary enrollment, degree attainment, and post-educational employment outcomes (Kessler Foundation & National Organization on Disability, 2010;Newman et al., 2011). However, Newman et al. (2011 noted that for disabled students, community college completion rates are nearly twice that of their non-disabled counterparts (41.3% compared to 22.4%). Bolstering disabled students' persistence in community college may also yield dividends in enhancing the quality of their experiences.Enrollment of disabled students in postsecondary education is likely to continue to increase based on trends from the past decade (Aquino & Bittinger, 2019;Snyder et al., 2019). Ensuring that these students possess equitable opportunities for engaging in college and obtaining their desired outcomes is of pivotal importance. Enacting clear policies and strategic plans are crucial for supporting equitable opportunities for disabled college students. Here we will examine policy issues related to five topics (entrance,

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Public Policy and Higher Education: Strategies for Framing a Research Agenda

Cited by 19 publications

References 83 publications

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Potential of State-Level Governing Boards in Postsecondary Education Policy Agenda-Setting

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Potential of State-Level Governing Boards in Postsecondary Education Policy Agenda-Setting

Negotiated Rulemaking for U.S. Higher Education Regulatory Policy: A Process of Deliberative Democracy?

(Re)envisioning considerations for disabled community college students

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